Budget Bill With SIBTF Reforms Heads to Governor

California lawmakers voted to send the governor a budget bill that includes provisions to implement the administration's proposed second injury fund reforms. The Assembly and the Senate on Monday passed SB 171, which would also preserve a law, scheduled to sunset today, that starts the clock for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration when it receives case files. The budget trailer bill is one of two competing proposals to reform the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund. It includes provisions that Newsom's administration released i...